
Offerings & Events
Communion, ceremony, and enlightenment are integral to the healing path.
We believe that being with and having others be with us is profoundly powerful.
In community, we are lean into and transform in ways that we cannot — or don’t want to — do alone.
In collaboration with our community of healers, practitioners, and guides Shelterwood Collective offers:
Gatherings & Experiences to cultivate connection, creativity, and vitality
Process & Therapy Groups to foster brave, support spaces for communal grow
Workshops & Trainings to raise awareness and deepen learning
Rituals & Retreats to protect sacred space to integrate mind, body, and spirit
We invite you to gather, commune, and grow with us.

Back to School Party: Learning Canopy Kickoff
Come kickoff a new season of learning and community together! We’ll gather to mark the shift into fall and orient to this year’s learning canopy and community rhythms. We'll engage in conversation about community as an antidote to burnout and we'll close our time with a casual hangout and professional headshot pop up!

Autumn Re-wilding Retreat
Embark on a journey back to your primal self amidst the untouched beauty of nature. This retreat comes after the Fall Equinox and the cyclical change in season is an invitation to let go of what is no longer serving us. We will look toward the natural world to reconnect with our own spirits through sound baths, forest meditations, cacao ceremonies, holistic healing through saunas, breath work, yoga, and more.

Writing While Tender | Creative Accountability
A drop-in virtual writing class facilitated by Sofiya Ko, licensed counselor and expressive arts therapist, Writing While Tender is a trauma-aware container where personal experience will be gently guided into expressive writing.

Art Walk | Guinevere Johnson
Please join us Thursday, October 2 from 5-8p in The Apothecary to view Mosslight, a solo exhibition by Guinevere Johnson.

Rooted Reflections Tarot
A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.

Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training
HYBRID | 15 CEUs
Join seasoned clinicians, supervisors, and educators Abby Wong-Heffter and Nicole Greenwald for a two-day, immerse experience that centers an embodied, communal approach to becoming a Washington approved supervisor. Our training goes beyond the legal and practical components to provide a development framework and embodied practice of supervision, consultation, and mentorship.

Rooted Reflections Tarot
A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.

Improv for All Seasons
In person
This event is for anyone looking to build more confidence, form new connections, and cultivate collaboration in the context of playful, spontaneous interactions. It’s great for practicing flexibility and sitting with ambiguity in a safe setting.

Skillshare: Confidentiality & Documentation: Centering Trust & Protection
Join us for this month’s Skillshare, Confidentiality & Documentation: Centering Trust & Protection—a lunch-and-learn conversation on recent changes in healthcare law and what they mean for our work as healers. We'll explore evolving confidentiality guidelines, potential risks in clinical practices, and how to navigate these shifts with discernment, care, and a commitment to equity. Come ready to learn, reflect, and share strategies for protecting both our clients and ourselves.

Art Walk | Guinevere Johnson
Please join us Thursday, September 4 from 5-8p in The Apothecary for the opening of Mosslight, a solo exhibition by Guinevere Johnson.

Parts of a whole: A somatic breathwork journey & IFS exploration
Join us for Parts of a Whole, a transformative workshop that weaves together the foundational principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS) with the deep, embodied release of Somatic Breathwork.

Death Cafe
Death is something we all share, yet we rarely get the chance to talk about it openly. The Seattle Death Cafe is a cozy, welcoming space where we gather, with tea and treats, to speak freely about death, dying, and what it means to be human.

Cultural Awareness | Practicing therapy with Cultural Humility
Join us for an enriching and thought-provoking session on Practicing Therapy with Cultural Humility, led by Gitika Talwar, PhD—a Licensed Clinical-Community Psychologist in Washington State. With deep personal and professional experience working with international students, immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented individuals, Dr. Talwar brings both compassion and expertise to this timely conversation.

Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated!
Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated! has been running since Fall 2022 on a monthly basis on Fridays. Sandra Killebrew and Chessie Snider alternate hosting the event. We'll meet at Victrola on 15th from 10am-12pm. Please say hi and introduce yourself!

Rooted Reflections Tarot
A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.

Full Moon Circle ~ The Full Moon in Aquarius
Virtual
This gathering offers us time for sacred pause and connection – to the cycles of the moon, the rhythms of the earth, to our ancestors, community and soul/self. Alexa will guide us into the energy of August’s Full Moon in Aquarius and it’s corresponding tarot card, The Star.

Leanna Bre | So People-y
Please join us Thursday, August 7 from 5-8p in The Apothecary for So People-y, a photography exhibition by Leanna Bre.

Field Trip: Sound Bath at Pier 62
Summer Field Trip Series
Meet up with other Shelterwood Collective Members, family, and friends for an evening walk on the waterfront and a sound bath at Pier 62.

The Sacred Slut Circle: Energy Orgasm Activation
A monthly gathering for women and feminine beings designed to help you reconnect with your sensuality, embrace pleasure and feel deeply rooted in your sexuality. Each month, rituals focus on a different theme of erotic embodiment, facilitated by Olaiya Land and other sex witches, mischief makers and pleasure priestesses.

Leaving home to come home: Immigration and Mental Health
Join Gitika "Dr G" Talwar PhD in an online course on immigration and mental health, providing insight and tools for cultural awareness.

Collective Crafting
Please Join us in the Apothecary for a weekend of creation in tandem with the Seattle Art Fair. This is a drop in event 11-5, July 17-19. All are welcome.

Full Moon Circle ~ The Full Moon in Capricorn
Virtual
This gathering offers us time for sacred pause and connection – to the cycles of the moon, the rhythms of the earth, to our ancestors, community and soul/self. Alexa will guide us into the energy of July’s Full Moon in Capricorn and it’s corresponding tarot card, The Devil.

First Thursday Art Walk | Verve: A Summer Solstice Group Exhibition
Please join us for the artist reception of Verve: A Summer Solstice Group Exhibition. We’re honored to feature works from Johanna Christianson, Kat Larson, Kelly Elizabeth Tivnan, Tim Cross, and Ursula Rose.

The Sacred Slut Circle: Awaken Your Inner Sacred Slut
A monthly gathering for women and feminine beings designed to help you reconnect with your sensuality, embrace pleasure and feel deeply rooted in your sexuality. Each month, rituals focus on a different theme of erotic embodiment, facilitated by Olaiya Land and other sex witches, mischief makers and pleasure priestesses.

Grief Support Group for Women | Weekly on Wednesdays
Virtual
A weekly, drop-in grief support group for women who have experienced the death of a loved one. Share your experience and be supported by other women in a compassionate environment.

Speed Dating with Flowers: A Flower Essence Pop-Up
Join flower essence practitioner and herbalist Phelicia Magnusson of Queen & Crow Healing Arts for a playful and powerful afternoon of speed dating with flowers.
In celebration of the Summer Solstice—when the sun is at its peak and the days stretch long—we invite you to slow down, soften, and meet the flowers who want to hold you.

Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated!
Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated! has been running since Fall 2022 on a monthly basis on Fridays. Sandra Killebrew and Chessie Snider alternate hosting the event. We'll meet at Victrola on 15th from 8am-10am. Please say hi and introduce yourself!

Pleasure Cafe
An evening of connection, exploration and honest conversation with Pleasure and Sexual Empowerment Coach Olaiya Land.

Full Moon Circle ~ The Full Moon in Sagittarius
Virtual
This gathering offers us time for sacred pause and connection – to the cycles of the moon, the rhythms of the earth, to our ancestors, community and soul/self. Alexa will guide us into the energy of June’s Full Moon in Sagittarius and it’s corresponding tarot card, Temperance.

The Clinic: Limbic Resonance with Abby Wong-Heffter, LMHC
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With Abby Wong-Heffter we will explore the profound impact of limbic resonance on therapeutic relationships and outcomes. This clinic will focus on the nuances of emotional attunement, attachment, and trauma. We will also explore how learning narrative and relational patterns can aid in movement and transformation.

Verve: A Summer Solstice Group Exhibition
Please join us for the opening reception of Verve: A Summer Solstice Group Exhibition. We’re honored to feature works from Johanna Christianson, Kat Larson, Kelly Elizabeth Tivnan, Tim Cross, and Ursula Rose.

Rebalance
REBALANCE is your guide to better sleep, improved periods, better stress handling, and steady energy all day long. This online course and process group helps you build sustainable habits that support adrenal health, which regulates sleep, sex hormones, energy, and stress response.

Improv Demo Night
Improv Demo Night welcomes Adults (18+) who have a professional or personal curiosity about our four-week improv series. Come experience the fun before you decide if you’d like to join the full series (or refer folks our way)!

Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated!
Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated! has been running since Fall 2022 on a monthly basis on Fridays. Sandra Killebrew and Chessie Snider alternate hosting the event. We'll meet at Victrola on 15th from 8am-10am. Please say hi and introduce yourself!

The Sacred Slut Circle: Awaken Your Inner Sacred Slut
In Person
This monthly gathering for women and feminine beings is designed to help you reconnect with your sensuality, embrace pleasure and feel deeply rooted in your sexuality.
Each month, rituals focus on a different theme of erotic embodiment, facilitated by myself and other sex witches, mischief makers and pleasure priestesses.

Supporting Immigrant Mental Health | Gitika Talwar
This workshop focuses on the impact of immigration on the mental health of immigrants. It presents an opportunity for licensed therapists to learn about trauma-informed, culturally-attuned therapeutic care to immigrant clients from all over the world.